Indian Athletes Gear Up for Medal Contests on Day 5 of Asian Games 2026
Day 5 Highlights: Medal Opportunities Await
On Day 5 of the Asian Games 2026, Indian athletes are set to compete in various events, aiming for medals in rowing, wushu, athletics, shooting, canoe sprint, and more. Notably, wushu competitor Roshibina Devi will participate in the women's 60kg Sanda final, while Indian rowers are poised to take part in several medal events. In athletics, Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht will compete in the women's triple jump final, and Seema will run in the women's 10,000m final. Additionally, top sprinters Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh will kick off their men's 100m races.
Morning Events: Rowing, Wushu, and Shooting
The day's competitions will commence at 5:10 AM IST with rowing, featuring Balraj Panwar in the men's singles sculls final, followed by Satnam Singh and Salman Khan in the men's doubles sculls final at 5:30 AM. At 6:10 AM, Roshibina Devi will face China's Zhang Xiaoyu in the women's 60kg wushu Sanda final.
Shooting events will start at 6:15 AM, with Akash Bharadwaj, Kamaljeet, and Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve participating in the men's 10m air pistol qualification and team final. At 6:30 AM, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka will compete in the skeet mixed team qualification and final, while table tennis duo Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghorpade will play in the women's doubles Round 2.
Canoe Sprint and Athletics Heats
Canoe sprint events will also kick off at 6:30 AM, with Megha Pradeep in the women's canoe single 200m semifinal, followed by Soniya Devi and Parvathy Geetha in the women's kayak double 500m semifinal at 6:50 AM. In athletics, Anamika Aneesh and Pooja will participate in the women's heptathlon heats at 6:30 AM and 6:38 AM, respectively. Swimming heats will begin at 6:46 AM, featuring Benedicton Beniston in the men's 50m butterfly.
At 7:01 AM, Jay Kumar, Ansa Babu, Manu TS, and Rashdeep Kaur will compete in the mixed 4x400m relay heat. Table tennis players Sreeja Akula and Syndrela Das will play their women's doubles Round 2 match at 7:10 AM, while Gurbani Kaur, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Haobijam, and Poonam will participate in the women's four rowing final at the same time. Aryan Nehra will swim in the men's 800m freestyle heats at 7:21 AM, followed by Benedicton Beniston, Aneesh Sunil, Akash Mani, and Gitesh Shah in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay heats at 7:32 AM.
Mid-Day Competitions: Squash, Kabaddi, and Hockey
Squash matches will commence at 8:00 AM, with Suraj Chand and Shameena Riaz facing off against Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar. Canoe sprint medal events will start at 8:10 AM, featuring Naocha Laitonjam, Varinder Singh, Oinam Arun Singh, and Harshwardhan Shaktawat in the men's kayak four 500m final A. Raju Rawat and Gyaneshwor Singh will compete in the men's canoe double 500m final A at 8:30 AM.
Manush Shah will play his men's singles Round 1 match against Malaysia's Wong Qi Shen in table tennis at 8:35 AM. Kabaddi action will kick off at 9:45 AM, with India taking on Chinese Taipei in the men's team Group A match. Squash players Tanvi Khanna and Anahat Singh will compete in women's singles Round of 16 matches at 10:30 AM, while Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani will participate in men's singles Round of 16 matches at 11:15 AM. The Indian men's hockey team will face South Korea in their Pool A match at 11:30 AM, with canoe sprint events continuing with Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar Sathyaprakash in the mixed kayak double 500m heat at 11:40 AM.
Afternoon and Evening Finals
Rowing medal events will continue at 12:00 PM, with Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Rohit competing in the lightweight men's doubles sculls final, followed by Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, and Jakar Khan in the men's quadruple sculls final at 1:00 PM. Swimming finals will occur later in the afternoon, with Benedicton Beniston in the men's 50m butterfly final at 1:35 PM, and the men's 4x100m freestyle relay final at 2:48 PM, if qualified.
Pranati Nayak will compete in the women's vault final at 2:25 PM. Boxer Parveen will face Tajikistan's Malika Nozimova in the women's Round of 16 bout at 2:45 PM. Athletics medal events will resume at 4:14 PM, with Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht competing in the women's triple jump final. India's women's kabaddi team will face Japan in their Group A match at 4:15 PM.
The evening session will feature Animesh Kujur in men's 100m heat 1 at 4:38 PM, followed by Gurindervir Singh in men's 100m heat 4 at 5:02 PM. The day will conclude with Seema competing in the women's 10,000m final at 5:55 PM.